Lionel Messi look-alike replaces Barcelona star on French news bulletin about coronavirus donations

Lionel Messi, Carli Lloyd and more join in a message to the world to advise on Coronavirus and how best to beat it. Barcelona's superstar forward gets in on the fun by posting his own toilet paper challenge video on Instagram. A famous Lionel Messi look-alike got a ringing endorsement for his similarity to the Barcelona superstar on Saturday when a French TV station mistakenly used his image. In a segment during a Saturday lunchtime news bulletin on how sports stars are making large donations to causes dealing with the coronavirus pandemic, French broadcaster M6 paired Messi with Swiss tennis legend Roger Federer -- or so they thought. They actually used a picture of Messi's Iranian doppelganger, Reza Parastesh,...

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